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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Letter Game Refinement

Alex Diaz
Alex Diaz
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Posted by Alex Diaz
Alex Diaz
4,930 Points

Letter Game Will not Work!

Here's my code- import random import os import sys

make a list of words

words = [ "apple", "banana", "orange", "cocounut", "strawberry", "lime", "grapefruit", "lemon", "kumquat", "blueberry", "melon" ]

def clear(): if os.name == 'nt': os.stystem('cls') else: os.system('clear')

def draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word): clear()

print('Strikes: {}/7'.format(len(bad_guesses)))
print('')

for letter in bad_guesses:
    print(letter, end=' ')
print ('\n\n')

for letter in secret_word:
    if letter in good_guesses:
        print (letter, end="")
    else:
        print ("_", end="")

print('')

def get_guess(bad_gusses, good_guesses): while True: guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()

    if len(guess) != 1:
        print("You can only guess a single letter!")
    elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:
         print("You've already guessed that!")         
    elif not guess.isalpha():
        print("You can only guess letters!")
    else:
        return guess

def play(done): clear() secret_word = random.choice(words) bad_guesses = [] good_guesses = []

while True:
    draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word)
    guess = get_guess(bad_guesses, good_guesses)

    if guess in secret_word:
        good_guesses.append(guess)
        found = True
        for letter in secret_word:
            if letter not in good_guesses:
                found = false
        if found:
            print ("You win!")
            print ("The secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
            done = True
    else:
        bad_guesses.append(guess)
        if len(bad_guesses) == 7:
            draw(bad_guesses, good_guesses, secret_word)
            print ("You lost!")
            print ("The secret word was {}".format(secret_word))
            done = True

    if done:
           play_again = input("Play again? Y/n ").lower()
           if play_again != 'n':
                return play(done=False)
           else:
                sys.exit()

def welcome(): start = input("press enter/return to start or Q to quit ").lower() if start == 'q': print ("Bye son!") sys.exit() else: return True

print ("Welcome to the Letter Guessing Game!")

done = False

while True: clear() welcome() play(done)

It's saying I have a name error, that bad_guesses isn't defined! Please help

1 Answer

AJ Longstreet
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AJ Longstreet
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AJ Longstreet
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You should put 3 backticks before and after your code. Check the "Markdown Cheatsheet" below for more info.

Look for typos. Start with your get_guess function.